However, some consider human embryonic stem
cell research controversial because, in some cases, the new stem cell lines are derived frozen human embryos that have been donated for research.
Not exact matches
It's clear that Mr. Neuhaus failed to see that I was attempting to fairly represent both sides of a
controversial ethical issue» not endorsing fetal -
cell research.
The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem
cell research, is so
controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for
research on new stem
cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.
Not every task is as
controversial or comprehensive as interpreting the legislation on stem
cell research.
«In this paper, we try to put together the information that led us to the
controversial hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea accelerates age - related decline, which has promoted debate and stimulated
research in the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and
Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra.
One method suggested by Shakesheff was to hold referenda on
controversial topics, such as stem
cell research.
The only field that is
controversial is
research using stem
cells that are derived from human embryos.
Unlike embryonic stem
cells, the use of adult stem
cells in
research and therapy is not
controversial because the production of adult stem
cells does not require the destruction of an embryo.
For example, FASEB took no position this year on federal funding of human stem
cell research, while ASCB lobbied intensely in favor of government backing for the
controversial studies.
The federal government moved a step closer to funding
research on some human stem
cells today, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released draft guidelines covering the
controversial research.
LONDON — Wellcome Trust, the United Kingdom's largest biomedical
research charity, today announced more than # 4 million in support for a pioneering, and potentially
controversial, IVF treatment that could prevent some forms of muscular dystrophy and other diseases caused by defective mitochondria, the energy - generating organelle in
cells.
The potential of iPS
cells to help treat everything from damaged heart tissue to Parkinson's disease, has prompted intensive
research that has looked into the use of skin fibroblast
cells as an alternative to
controversial embryonic stem
cells.
Discussion of the possible role of online forums in typical scientific work, or even ordinarily
controversial work like stem
cell research, is all interesting, but it's a very separate matter.
Federal officials are proposing to end a moratorium on funding for
research that involves transplanting human stem
cells into animal embryos, a
controversial practice that produces organisms know as «chimeras.»
But even before the cash spigot opens, the government may close it — or even try to limit
research on human embryonic stem
cells, the more promising and
controversial type of stem
cell.
WASHINGTON — Seven years after President Bush blocked most federal funding of embryonic stem
cell research, the
controversial science is likely to get a fresh look from the next occupant of the White House, no matter who it is.
Discussion of the possible role of online forums in typical scientific work, or even ordinarily
controversial work like stem
cell research, is all interesting, but it's a very separate matter.
In the
research world,
controversial stem
cell studies have been retracted from the prestigious journal Nature, in which Japanese and US scientists claimed to have reprogrammed stem
cells by exposing them to acid.